If the government says everyone's incompetent, then people tend to believe that more than what would be said otherwise. Incompetence is my word, but that's the message I think that was essentially delivered. It's hard then for people to go to outside agencies, or to the Gates Foundation, or to NIH and say, “Oh well, you know, really we are competent.”
On April 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.